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8 I/The Daily Tar Heel/Monday, February 1, 1993 Louis Patalano Experience: My experience is of a different sort. I have the unusual advantage of actually having experienced UNC athletics from the athlete’s standpoint. During my freshman year, I walked on and was named a member of the varsity football team. My career was short, though, as I had to quit the team after a short period for knee surgery. From a leadership standpoint, I have held and been involved in many leader ship roles. I now am a hall president for Granville Residence College. During high school, I was student body vice president and captain of the football team. Leadership is nothing new to me. CAA experience, though, is a differ ent story. I have only been a participant involved, or should I say, uninvolved with CAA in the confusing ticket distri bution policy and lackluster Homecom ing events. All the past CAA presidents and the present candidates have come from within the CAA, and in each case, many student concerns have been left unanswered. I feel now is the time to elect a candidate from outside the CAA. We need a candidate with fresh ideas, a candidate for change, a person who is not afraid to irritate people, someone who will make himself a nuisance until he, as a student representative, gets what he is going after. We need someone whowill focus himself and a majority of his time to solving student concerns. I am this person. I am “Dedicated to Giving Students What WE DESERVE! ” Platform: Main Objective I hope to build on the successes of Tracy Kirincich. She has started the CAA in the right direction, and I want to push it further in that same direction. I would like to build on her good points, such as genera] admission football seat ing and Midnight Madness, and I also would like to work on the CAA’s short falls. 1) Homecoming (Rampage) I plan to make this one of my primary focuses. During the past two years, Homecoming has not amounted to much. A few poorly attended events culminating in a Saturday football game is all Homecoming has become. I want to make Rampage into a University, a community and even a state event. I Adam Ford/Josh Clark COMMUNICATION We plan to improve communication between class officers and members of the class by establishing the Bicenten nial Newsletter, increasing publicity of senior class events and ensuring that class officers are accessible. The monthly newsletter (hopefully) would be inserted in The Daily Tar Heel and would include the following infor mation: ■ Announcement of on-campus in terviews; ■ Dates to drop your resume at the Career Planning and Placement Office; ■ Senior deadlines: swim test, gradu ation information, graduate school exam dates, yearbook picture information, class ring information, etc; ■ Campus organizations: opportuni ties and involvement; and ■ Roundtable dates and topics. Publicity of senior class events will be increased through DTH advertise ments, flyers and the Bicentennial News letter. Accessibility of senior class officers will be increased through extended of fice hours. SENIOR WEEK ■ Improve publicity through radio, TheDailt Tar Heel and Bicentennial Newsletter; ■ We plan to continue traditional Ruffin Poole/Jeff Rosenthal The number 200 is not just a ploy for attention. It does mean something to us. Our senior year represents both the ex citement of next year’s Bicentennial and incredible opportunities to further engage seniors in active, vocal roles on campus. There is only one “1994,” and it is our obligation as seniors to come together and show off the tradition of the University of North Carolina. Innovative ideas for the upcoming year are essential. So this will be our chance to take action! I. SENIOR CLASS 200 YEARS COALlTlON—Motivated seniors are needed to work closely with the Bicen tennial Committee to help execute the numerous planned events for the up coming year. Providing an excellent chance for interested seniors to play a direct role in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of UNC, this committee also will serve as an aid in brainstorm ing joint projects with the Bicentennial (2> Established in 1893 BHH 100th year of editorial freedom PETER Wallsten, Editor Office hours Fridays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. AMBER NIMOCKS, Managing Editor Anna Griffin, University Editor Jackie Hershkowitz, City Editor Yl-HsiN Chang, Features Editor Erin Randall, Photography Editor Samantha Falke, Copy Desk Editor John Caserta, Graphics Editor Alex De Grand, Cartoon Editor Student Body Election Platforms want different events for each night, including step shows (with other schools involved), concerts, a kick-off party as well as a celebration party after the game. I want other schools to long for a UNC-like Homecoming. 2) Ticket Distribution Reforms Many ideas have entered my mind, and I would like to look into all of them. Possibilities include: A) Experimenting with blocks at men’s basketball games: limit blocks to a particular num ber of students make it similar to football blocks, to help discourage camping out; B) Get rid of number system, and just give out tickets C) Work on the randomness of dis tributed tickets. Have more people with good spots in line with good tickets D) Improve publicity of ticket distri bution with possible weekly reminders in The Daily Tar Heel 3) Non-Revenue Sports —Work on increasing attendance to games, possibly by using men’s basket ball tickets as an incentive lncreased coverage in the media 4) Student Recreation Center More publicity to students 5) Other Ideas Find ways to stop gearing athletic events towards the alumni. They have had their time, and now it is ours. For example, team recognition during bas ketball half-times (i.e. the Peach Bowl champion football team and women’s soccer), have the trophies awarded fac ing the students —Giveaway nights, for example blue pom-poms for certain games New half-time shows for basket ball games 6) Open Door to Suggestions I want to give the students an active part and say —I want to try to hold a forum before the election to hear what students have to say. I want to start now, and even if my campaign is unsuccessful, I will take whatever is learned to the winner to benefit the student body as a whole It is time to stop talking about this and to start acting upon it. Once again, I am “Dedicated to Giving Students What WE DESERVE”! SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATES happy hours, dinner specials and senior T-shirts; ■ Increase community involvfeinen? with “10 for 200” Program. Similar to the RS WPprogram, restaurants would donate 10 percent of sales for one night to the University; and ■ Bicentennial T.G.I.F. parties fea turing dinner specials and happy hours at various local bars and restaurants paph u/ppk CAREER DEVELOPMENT ■ Increase accessibility of career placement resources by making a com prehensive guide to the University’s career placement services available to all seniors, and ■ Sponsor career seminars and work shops. SENIOR LEADERSHIP The members of the senior class are a great resource to draw on for campus leadership. To develop this leadership potential, we propose establishing monthly roundtable discussions with leaders of different campus groups including the Black Student Movement, Campus Y, etc. Seniors and other interested students will meet with these groups to discuss campus issues and determine how the senior class can improve campus life at UNC. Committee. The chairman of the Bicen tennial Committee has given his sup port for the proposed involvement with the senior class and welcomes any new ideas. After all, we are working toward similar goals in achieving unity and pride in the traditions of UNC. There fore, it will be our responsibility as seniors to take leadership roles in see ing that these goals of the Bicentennial Committee are achieved in the spirit of this university. 11. STUDENT RESOURCE NET WORK ln light of past years, se niors have voiced “JOBS” as their pri mary concern. And even with the wealth of resources housed by the University Career Services, only 10 percent of its information is utilized by students. Af ter talking with Marcia Harris of U.C.S., we then realized that one knowledge able and experienced resource had still been overlooked YOU! Students, especially seniors, have information oh> Daily (Tar HM Alan Martin, Editorial Page Editor REBECAH Moore, State and National Editor Steve Politi, Sports Editor David Counts, Layout Editor David Lindsay, Copy Desk Editor Jennifer Brett, Omnibus Editor JENNIFER Pilla, Centennial Edition Editor GAA PRESIDENT CANDIDATES Josh Stanbery The mission of the Carolina Athletic Association is to represent student ath letic concerns to the athletic depart ment. As president, I would serve as liaison, relaying the views of the stu dent body rather than setting a personal agenda. I feel the most important quali fication for CAA president is to be sympathetic to the needs of the stu dents. In my term this year as ticket director for CAA, I became well-at tuned to these needs. It is my belief that the student body’s main athletic con cern is the quality of basketball and football tickets available to them. In addition, CAA is entirely responsible for homecoming, an event I would like to see expanded. Other areas that CAA supports include the Student Recreation Center, non-revenue sports and Caro lina Fever. Each year brings anew set of concerns that the new administration must face. I am confident that my expe rience in CAA will enable me to meet this challenge. The primary challenge facing the new CAA president is the constant struggle for higher quality basketball tickets and the efficient distribution. As ticket di rector, I received a great understanding of the workings of the ticket office and athletic department. I would use these insights in an attempt to gain more lower-level student seats. Since the completion of the Smith Center, no CAA president has served as ticket director; perhaps this explains the roadblocks encountered in past ticket negotiations. I have a two-part plan to obtain better seats. First of all, I would ensure that students receive all of the 2000 lower level seats to which they are entitled. If I have to personally count each ticket, I’ll do it. Secondly, I would gamer the support of such organizations/individu als as coach Dean Smith, the Educa tional Foundation and, most impor tantly, the student body, thus forcing the athletic department to realize the importance of student support at bas ketball games. It is time for us as stu dents to put our foot down and demand better seats; we deserve to sit court side like students at other major universities. As for football seating, student opin ion should decide whether we retain the current general admission policy or re Chris Miller/Adam Burns Our platform consists of five major themes that we consider crucial to the effective administration of the senior class office. Bicentennial—We want to cooper ate with the Bicentennial Committee and work toward building a successful celebration. By encouraging seniors to become involved in the Bicentennial festivities, we hope to augment student unity, pride and enthusiasm. The Bi centennial will not only offer students the chance to hear world-renowned speakers but also will provide for the most exciting and memorable com mencement in our University’s history. University lt would be easy for us, as seniors, to become overwhelmed by the spectacle of our University’s Bicentennial. But we want to encourage seniors to secure our place in history instead of being caught up in it. We intend to focus our efforts on a class gift that will work for the University’s fu ture, not just its present. Career Planning and Placement— Though we are a Bicentennial class, our'prestigious title will not free us from the difficulties of the competitive job market. That’s why we want to increase student awareness, knowledge and us age of the University ’ s career resources. We wish to work with the Career Plan ning and Placement Office to increase about job and internship opportunities and can share it with other students in a computerized database. This sharing would in no way take the competitive edge away from job/intemship-seeking students because all information used would be taken from past experiences. 111. EXPANDING IMPACT University Career Services soon will implement a program in creating in ternship opportunities by tapping into the potentitd that UNC parents have to offer. We believe that IMPACT (In ternships Matching Parents And Caro lina Talent) will also benefit rising se niors who are concerned about the job market after graduation. Therefore, we would like to expand this network to include job opportunities as well. Par ents, as well as alumni, are probably more likely to provide useful leads if those who will benefit are UNC stu dents. With the number of parents out there, IMPACT is sure to be a hit! turn to individual seating. If elected CAA president, I would conduct a poll of students in the spring to determine next season's course of action. Although Homecoming has been well-planned and executed in the past, it lacks the height of student interest present at other universities. I feel that it is time to rejuvenate Homecoming by gearing it more toward UNC students (who fund it), than the Chapel Hill com munity. Currently, several thousand dollars are spent on much community oriented things as children’s rides and games. I propose that we use this money for a student-oriented event, such as a free concert featuring a popular band. In addition, I would like to see the step show expanded at the discretion of the Black Greek Council. Finally, I have already contacted Homecoming direc tors at other North Carolina universities concerning their popular Homecoming attractions and would like to incorpo rate these into our activities. Another important facet of the 1993- 94 CAA president duties includes the opening of the newly built Student Rec reation Center. I feel it is imperative that the University recognize that this center is for STUDENT use, and fac ulty should not have preference over students in its use. I would see to it that students retain the voting majority on the SRC Board of Directors. Finally, I would like to achieve in creased support for UNC’s non-rev enue teams. UNC is at the forefront of success in non-revenue sports, yet sadly we lag far behind in attendance at these events. It is one of CAA’s duties to gamer support for these programs. I feel greater publicity of the success of our non-revenue teams will lead to greater attendance. Carolina Fever also plays a role in this area; I would encour age them to continue their enthusiastic support of these athletes. On Feb. 9, you the students will be asked to decide how you want your athletic concerns represented to the University. If you want a leader who will carry your views and stand stead fast in fighting for what students right fully deserve from UNC athletics, then give me the honor and privilege of serv ing as your next CAA president. student exposure to these resources, through greater publicity and peer work shops. Community “Chapel Hill” signi fies more than just the University; it also incorporates a community that has hosted students for two centuries. We want to promote active senior involve ment in community service projects. For example, seniors could participate in clothes and food drives and could volunteer to work in the local soup kitchen. These activities will serve the community and also unite the seniors for a worthwhile cause. Fun—We’re seniors. We’ve worked hard since we’ve been at college. With our Bicentennial rapidly approaching, we should take time to experience this important event. We realize the impor tance of this auspicious milestone, but we also recognize that seniors deserve a rewarding final year at UNC. We want to encourage seniors to get involved in a greater variety of activities. We have plans that will allow all seniors to be come involved, not just a select few. Whether it be a senior dance at Great Hall or a reserved block at a Durham Bulls game, we want all seniors to come together and celebrate. Our Bicenten nial seniors deserve more than just a senior week they deserve a senior year. IV. GRADUATE PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE—Speaking of the job market, many graduates are going to graduate school in increasing numbers. Not being able to find a job after gradu ation, seniors often find themselves going back to bed upon realizing there are no jobs available. With both this and the fact that there are few readily avail able sources of relevant information on campus, seniors must be provided with a symposium designed to accommo date this need. A graduate program open house would function in this capacity, providing a place where interested se niors could come and talk with repre sentatives from more than 70 university graduate departments. Need and sup port for this symposium has even been articulated by the president of the Gradu ate and Professional Student Federa tion. Here, seniors will be invited to come and gather information, expertise and first-hand experience from UNC graduate students themselves! V. SENIOR VOLUNTEERS PRO GRAM —Even those seniors academi cally qualified for jobs do not often have the volunteer experience many employers and graduate schools desire in their applicants. There is great poten tial to work with CAMPUS Y’s Volun teer Action Committee and the Volun teer Center of the United Way to place seniors in community agencies of their choice and according to interest. De spite the success of both of these groups in the past, there still exists a need for more volunteers especially in light of the state budget cuts and decreased agency funding. Thus, this can be mutu ally beneficial to the community at large and the program’s participants. Daniel Thornton The past year has been a successful one for the Carolina Athletic Associa tion. Several new programs were cre ated that have been beneficial to stu dents. Some of those programs include: Tar Heel Tip-off, UNC’s first Midnight Madness program; Chat With the Coach, which has provided an opportunity for students to speak with coaches such as Mack Brown; general admission seat ing in Kenan Stadium; and moving the camp-out sight for basketball into the Smith Center’s parking lot. This organization heeds experience and new ideas to continue to be success ful. I have the experience needed, and if I am elected as Carolina Athletic Asso ciation president, I would work to pro vide the following changes and new programs: I. Experience A. CAA director of publicity during 1992 B. Co-director of Tar Heel Tip-off, UNC’s first Midnight Madness prog ram, which drew more than 5,000 spec tators on Halloween night C. Manager for Tar Heel women’s basketball team 1991-92 D. Internship at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1992- 93 E. IM-REC Intramural Director of the Year 1991-92 for Carmichael Resi dence Hall F. IM-REC official and supervisor since 1990 H. Tickets A. Basketball I. Work with Residence Hall Asso ciation to develop a ticket program dur ing orientation 2. Continue to follow the policy of numbers at 6 a.m. and tickets at 6 p.m. as long as it is consistent with the stu dent wishes; if anew policy is needed, I will research the possibilities and impl ement the best policy 3. Publicize distribution dates better than in the past. Possibilities: a. Carolina Week-by-Week b. The Daily Tar Heel, letter to the editor or guest column 4. Fight for more student tickets for the ACC and NCAA tournaments B. Football Joe Andrews/Nanci Locklear During our time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we have witnessed three years of past senior class officers, and we have noticed die creative and innovative actions of the classes before us. As the Bicentennial class of 1994 we perceive an even greater responsibility to provide our classmates with an unequaled entry into the third century of our great University. Our decision to enter the 1993 campaign was based upon our desire to put forth this time and energy. Our senior year will be one never to forget not because of a comparatively slack schedule, excessive partying or incessant concern for the uncertain fu ture. This year will be our final step toward our initiation into the real world. Many people move on toward graduate school, a career or dreams that seem well-attainable. If elected to the offices of senior class president and vice president, we feel that we will be able to conduct our final year of undergraduate studies in a way that would be most beneficial to the desires of the majority. Our ideas to better the senior experi ence include a series of business fairs focusing on those owned and operated by UNC alumni, coordinate programs for prospective fifth-year seniors, in sightful guest speakers and graduate VI. WEEKLY DTH INSERT But where are we going to publicize all this information? Currently, there ex ists only a small blurb in the DTH. There needs to be a central location where seniors can pick up all the infor mation needed concerning job inter views, Bicentennial events, internship and job application deadlines, career and graduate symposiums, senior week events and other pertinent information. A weekly DTH insert would be a con ve nient, highly accessible method of con veying this information. Just what we need an insert just for SENIORS! The Daily Tar Heel Business and advertising: Kevin Schwartz, director/general manager; Bob Bates, advertising director; Leslie Humphrey, classified ad manager; Michelle Gray, business manager. Advertising production: Bill Leslie, manager/system administrator; Stephanie Brodsky and Aimde Hobbs assistants. Assistant editors: Leah Campbell and Kelly Ryan, city; Gerri Baer, editorial page; Amy Seeley, features- Renee Gentry, layout; Jayson Singe, photo; John C. Manuel, Amy McCaffrey and Carter Toole, sports; Andrea Jones and Jason Richardson, stefeamf raf/ora/. ThanassisCambanis.MartyMinchin and JenniferTalhelm university University: Daniel Aldrich, Everett Arnold, Ivan Arrington, Scott Ballew, Joyce Clark, Melissa Dewey Mike Easterly, Gina Evans, Casella Foster, Chris Goodson, Gautam Khandelwal, J. 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Sports: Eric David, Warren Hynes, David J. Kupstas and Bryan Strickland, senior writers; Zachary Albert Rodney Cline, Adam Davis, Marc Franklin. Brian Gould, Stephen Higdon, Diana Koval, Mary Latferty Alison Lawrence, Jacson Lowe, Brian McJunkin, Jeff McKinley, Justin Scheef, Pete Simpkinson, James Whitfield and Pete Zifchak. The Daily Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non-profit North Carolinacorporation Monday- Friday, according to the University calendar. Callers with questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1163 between 830 a m and 5p m Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0245/0246. Office: Suite 104 Carolina Union Campus mail address: CBf 5210 Box 49, Carolina Union 1. Continue general admission/block seating policy implemented by CAA this year 2. Place blocks in the same section(s) every week for consistency, and clearly mark these areas to alleviate confusion 3. Stop the forfeiture of block seats after the first 10 minutes of the game. Students with a block seat will be able to claim that seat whenever they arrive at the game HI. Student Recreation Center A. Opening 1. Ensure the opening of the center for fall semester 1993 2. Ensure the hiring of permanent manager by April 1993 3. Organize an open house for the facility during spring 1993 B. Policies 1. Work with IM-REC to maintain useful hours and programs for center 2. Above all, toensure that the center’s purpose (to benefit individual students, not groups) is upheld IV. Homecoming (Rampage!) A. Publicize events of the week be tter in order to attract greater student attendance 1. Provide the DTH with ads and schedules for the week 2. Push to have those schedules pub lished 3. Personally invite particular cam pus clubs and groups B. Return the step show to compe tition format C. Continue to improve Cross Cul tural Night with celebrity and student performances V. Non-revenue Sports A. Publicize games on campus 1. DTH, CAA provided information in the form of a letter to the editor or a guest column 2. Posters and signs in the Pit and Cube 3. Schedules and key games pub lished in the Week-by-Week B. Market non-revenue teams to lo cal merchants and citizens 1. Place posters, schedules and a Carolina Sports This Week display in area shopping malls 2. Organize an MVP program for non-revenue games sponsored by local merchants school search and information programs. As well as the above activities, we plan to continue the current “Senior Social Night Out” (a chance for our class to gather in a social setting sponsored by local businesses with discounts for se niors). We also support the referendum to raise senior student fees by one dollar to benefit the Senior Endowment Fund. This fund will yield our class a financial cushion in order to better carry out the above programs. As seniors, we sometimes feel the need to leave our mark on campus. This might be in the form of a committee or coalition in which we have been active and that we hope will see to the needs of the underclassmen and students to come. However, we can show our apprecia tion to the University in the way of a gift donated by the class as a whole. We recognize the senior gift as one that should benefit all those associated with the University, be accessible to all and one that will add prestige to our Univer sity especially in our Bicentennial year. Therefore, we suggest that lights be placed around one of our greatest landmarks. Currently, this landmark remains dark and virtually unseen at night. We see it everyday, yet we need not go to it to see it. When we are asleep, its function still is served until the morning, but it re mains unobserved after sunset. We are of course talking about the Bell Tower. We would like to see the Bell Tower at night as well as during the day. These are our ideas, hopes and dreams for the future. We believe that our strong leadership will carry us into our best and most memorable year at the Uni versity. We are willing to work diligently for our classmates in order to best serve their current needs and those they see as needs of the future. Elect us as senior class officers, and we will take action on these needs of our class, and more importantly, we want to hear and to help with your individual dreams.